Hideyo Amamoto (天本 英世 , Amamoto Hideyo , January 2, 1926 – March 23, 2003) was a prolific Japanese actor from the Wakamatsu ward of Kitakyūshū best known for portraying Dr. Shinigami in the original Kamen Rider series as well as many other characters in tokusatsu films and the Godzilla series. Amamoto also used the pseudonym of Eisei Amamoto for most of his career, Eisei being a misreading of the kanji in his real name, Hideyo. He died on March 23, 2003 from acute pneumonia at the age of 77.
Nijushi no hitomi (1954) as Hisako's husbandThe Garden of Women (1954) as Professor (uncredited)Twenty-Four Eyes Ai wa furu hoshi no kanata ni (1956) as Chen LongChengYûwaku (1957) as Kyôzô IkegamiKunin no shikeishû (1957) as Takao NakamuraYatsu ga satsujinsha da (1958)Mikkokusha wa dare ka (1958) as NakaoJinsei gekijô - Seishun hen (1958)Ankokugai no kaoyaku (1959)Songoku: The Road to the West (1959)Aru kengo no shogai (1959)Seishun o kakero (1959) as SenzakaThe Birth of Japan (1959) as Spectator at Gods' DanceKureji no nagurikomi Shimizu Minato (1970)Gekido no showashi 'Gunbatsu' (1970) as Prof. Fuyuki (uncredited)Bakuchi-uchi: Inochi-huda (1971)Kamen Rider (1971-1972, TV Series) as Dr. Shinigami / IkadevilGekido no showashi: Okinawa kessen (1971) as Okinawa Regional OfficerShussho iwai (aka The Wolves ) (1971)Kamen Rider vs. Shocker (1972) as Dr. ShinigamiHenshin Ninja arashi (1972, TV Series) as SatanKamen Rider V3 Rupan Sansei: Nenriki chin sakusen (1974) as Assassin at OrphanageTokkan (1975)Kaiketsu Zubat (1977, TV series, Episode 1.2)Chiisana supaman Ganbaron Goranger Versus JAKQ (1978) as General SaharaMessage from Space Buru Kurisumasu (1978)Misuta, Misesu, Misu Ronri (1980) as Ryuichi ShimomuraSeiun Kamen Machineman (1984, TV Series) as Prof. KSaraba hakobune (1984) as Key makerMahjong horoki (1984) as HachimakiJigoku no banken: akai megane (1987) as Moongaze GinjiKaitô Ruby (1988)Bungakusho satsujin jiken: Oinaru jyoso (1989)Hong Kong Paradise Ronin-gai (1990) as Biwa playerYoukai tengoku: Ghost Hero (1990)Daiyukai (1991) as KushidaKamitsukitai/Dorakiyura yori ai-0 (1991) as ServantThe Female Warriors (1991)Shorishatachi (1992)Za kakuto oh (1993)Street Fighter II: The Movie (1994) as Ken and Ryu's Master (voice) (later established in the series as Goken)Edogawa Rampo gekijo: Oshie to tabisuru otoko (1994)Weather Woman (1995)Eko eko azaraku II (1996) as Master of SaigaOtenki-oneesan (1996) as Chairman ShimamoriMoon Spiral (1996,TV series) as TōruMikeneko hoomuzu no tasogare hoteru (1998) as AkaishiEfu (1998)Keizoku/eiga (2000)Sweet Sweet Ghost (2000) as YasuriHakata Movie: Chinchiromai (2000) as God ComputerSebunzu feisu (2000) as KatsudaOshikiri (2000)Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack Kamen Rider The First (2005) as Dr. Shinigami (archive footage, overdubbed by Eiji Maruyama)??? (2009) – Master Li (archive footage) 
